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ClickDimensions releases an update quarterly filled with new releases and improvements for their marketing automation system. This quarter’s release should be available on April 26th. See below for details on the updates coming next week:

I joined in on an existing MVC project recently, which utilized StyleBundles. The project already had references to stylesheets that I would be using, so I jumped in and started making changes. I wasn't at it long when I noticed that I was getting 404 errors on some of the images that I referenced in my stylesheet. Initially I just thought maybe I made a mistake with the relative path to the image (as I do on occasion), but after some testing I confirmed that this was not the case.

At any company, your next top employee can be one degree of separation away. These top prospects could be introduced to your company in the form of a referral. Referrals often introduce strong, quality talent to your job pool, in addition to reducing time to hire and make recruiters’ job simpler. Referrals, if hired, often cost less, perform better and stay with the company longer. A recruiting survey for 2014 determined that referrals were the top source for hiring, filling 20 percent of job openings by those surveyed.

Over time, as technology has become more of a necessity for businesses, the IT teams at companies worldwide have been evolving. The older model was a pairing of the finance and IT director as a dual role. This individual was supported by Infrastructure and Application Managers with a team of network engineers and developers. The IT department focused on financial needs, including sales, purchasing, payroll and cash flow. Often, the main responsibility was building and maintaining software for their own networks.

Collaboration between different modules and services is a crucial part of software architecture in today’s world where business rules become more and more complex and dependent on each other. This leads to some challenges in software development, since the interconnectivity between those modules needs to be modeled and become an integral part of the application design.

With the theme of smart meets fast, Tableau has released version 9.0. Tableau has added many new features to ensure the system is smarter and know exactly what you are doing, like a new start experience, which includes data prep tools, and additional analytics features and smart maps. The goal with the new capabilities is to allow users to be creative and engaged in the analytical process. Tableau 9.0 will keep users involved in analysis without the need to focus on new calculations and data wrangling.

Technical hiring is on the rise, likely increasing 22 percent by 2022, so it is important to seek the best talent. However, it is necessary to not force your hiring into the same parameters as in the past. The technical world prides itself on pushing boundaries, yet hiring managers still get trapped in traditional technical hiring mindsets.

Here are some traditional mindset traps to avoid in this competitive hiring market:

As technology expands, software brands are coming up with more ways to deploy their product to customers with one of the biggest trends being cloud computing. One system in particular is SharePoint. SharePoint has four different approaches for deployment: on-premises, online (cloud), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and hybrid-cloud. As your company is choosing which approach is best, consider each option before selecting the best choice for your company.

A company can only be as successful as the success of its products and employees. Therefore, hiring the best talent is necessary to company success. Sometimes, however, strong talent may currently lie with your competitors or other industry greats. This is where your recruiting team must act carefully and logically. If done right, it can introduce superb talent to your company. However, if done incorrectly, it could burn bridges.

Imagine: you are a marketing executive who is jazzed to add a strong technical aspect to your marketing strategy. You realize the benefits to a marketing technology with targeted email campaigns, automated social media and lead generation capabilities. Picture: you are a sales executive seeking a way to better funnel your company’s sales pipeline and lead qualification process.

We deliver the complete integration and development of sales, marketing and customer service technologies. TopLine Strategies’ project management is designed to achieve 100 percent user adoption of the technologies implemented, and deliver measurable returns on investment for clients.

Whether our clients are searching for an expert firm to analyze and execute a critical project, employees to augment an information technology team or contractors to assist with technology needs, we deliver on-time, cost-effective solutions that optimize client results. Over the years, our methods have remained the same: establish long-term relationships, assess requirements, research and analyze options, recommend appropriate solutions, implement, integrate and optimize performance.

We deliver the complete integration and development of sales, marketing and customer service technologies. TopLine Strategies’ project management is designed to achieve 100 percent user adoption of the technologies implemented, and deliver measurable returns on investment for clients.

Whether our clients are searching for an expert firm to analyze and execute a critical project, employees to augment an information technology team or contractors to assist with technology needs, we deliver on-time, cost-effective solutions that optimize client results. Over the years, our methods have remained the same: establish long-term relationships, assess requirements, research and analyze options, recommend appropriate solutions, implement, integrate and optimize performance.